South African court drops corruption charges against police intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo - BBC News

Officials had faced charges over the appointment of a civilian to a top post within crime intelligence.

Image source, Gallo via Getty ImagesImage caption, Dumisani Khumalo has led the police's troubled crime intelligence since 2022

South African prosecutors have withdrawn fraud and corruption charges brought against criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo and six other police officers.

He and his colleagues were arrested in June 2025 over the allegedly unlawful appointment of a civilian to a key post within the intelligence unit. They denied the charges and were not suspended.

The case against them was now been formally dropped at a court in the capital, Pretoria, after a review last month by the country's chief prosecutor.

South Africa's police force has long been plagued by issues of political interference, alleged corruption and a seeming inability to effectively tackle high levels of crime.